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Severe Thunderstorms Across Portions of the Midwest; Hazardous Heat in Southern Texas

A Moderate Risk (Level 4 of 5) of severe thunderstorms is expected across the Midwest today, especially portions of Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois. Damaging winds, large hail and a few strong tornadoes are expected. A dangerous early season heat wave will continue this week and expand from south Texas through portions of the central Gulf Coast by this weekend. Read More >

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Tornadoes by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
0 0 7 13 19 4 4 2 3 1 0 0 53
 
Tornadoes by Intensity
F? F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 6 20 21 4 2 0 53
 
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
Width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 03/24/1954 1515 0.1 880 F1 0 0 Alfalfa Near Goltry
2 03/24/1954 1530 4 77 F2 0 0 Caddo 4 ESE- ENE of Alfalfa
3 03/24/1954 1905 3 200 F2 0 0 Kay 3 NNW- 4 N Newkirk
4 03/24/1954 2115 4 200 F1 0 0 Creek Near Sapulpa
5 03/24/1954 2125 1 10 F2 0 0 Muskogee Haskell
6 03/24/1954 2200 24 10 F1 0 0 Delaware S and E of Rose - near Jay
7 03/24/1954 2218 6 50 F2 0 0 Mayes/ Craig/ Delaware W of Pensacola - western Delaware county near Grand Lake
8 04/26/1954 1530 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Custer 4 S Clinton
9 04/26/1954 1800 1 50 F0 0 0 Caddo Near Carnegie
10 04/27/1954 0200 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Garvin Near Antioch
11 04/27/1954 1830 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Greer Lake Creek Community (N part of county)
12 04/29/1954 1500 33 10 F2 0 0 Roger Mills/ Ellis/ Dewey northern Roger Mills county - southern Ellis county - near Vici
13 04/29/1954 1530 0.8 100 F1 0 0 Alfalfa Near Amorita
14 04/29/1954 1730 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Dewey Near Camargo - near Cestos
15 04/29/1954 1845 5 100 F2 0 2 Kingfisher SE of Loyal
16 04/29/1954 2100 2 10 F2 0 0 Canadian 3 WSW Yukon
17 04/29/1954 2145 0.1 20 F1 0 0 Comanche/ Stephens near Lawton - near Marlow
18 04/30/1954 0100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Pontotoc 4 W Konawa
19 04/30/1954 0930 1 150 F3 0 12 Choctaw Hugo
20 04/30/1954 1045 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Haskell near Stigler
21 05/01/1954 1415 69 440 F4 0 2 Foard TX/ Wilbarger TX/ Tillman OK/ Kiowa OK Crowell and Elliot areas TX - E of Tipton OK - near Snyder OK [No injuries in Oklahoma]
22 05/01/1954 1530 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Tillman W of Davidson
23 05/01/1954 1600 12 10 F3 3 3 Tillman/ Cotton near Grandfield - near Ahpeatone (~12 W Walters)
24 05/01/1954 1650 12 300 F2 0 0 Caddo Near Broxton - Near Washita
25 05/01/1954 1742 8 10 F2 0 7 Payne/ Pawnee Near Glencoe - W of Pawnee
26 05/01/1954 1745 6 100 F3 0 0 Stephens Near Marlow
27 05/01/1954 1745 8 300 F3 0 0 Cotton/ Jefferson/ Stephens southern Cotton county - S of Hastings - near Addington - southern Stephens County
28 05/01/1954 1800 0.1 33 F1 0 0 Coal 1 E Coalgate
29 05/01/1954 1800 59 10 F4 0 65 Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Creek NE of Dale - Meeker - Sparks - Davenport - near Depew
30 05/01/1954 1800 39 10 F2 0 6 Pontotoc/ Seminole/ Hughes/ Okfuskee Cedar Grove community - Sasakwa - near Spaulding - near Holdenville.. Yeager.. Wetumka.. Weleetka
31 05/01/1954 1815 20 100 F2 0 0 Seminole Near Bowlegs - near Excelsior (possibly ~1 W Schoolton)
32 05/01/1954 1905 6 220 F2 0 0 Seminole/ Okfuskee 1.5 NW Cromwell NNE into western Okfuskee county
33 05/01/1954 1920 37 10 F2 0 6 Pittsburg/ McIntosh SW of McAlester (near Naval Ammunition Depot) - near Canadian - southern McIntosh county
34 05/02/1954 0740 2 50 F1 0 0 McCurtain 4 S Haworth
35 05/23/1954 2100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Greer S of Mangum
36 05/24/1954 1655 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Johnston Bromide
37 05/25/1954 1730 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Muskogee Near Porum
38 05/25/1954 1745 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Custer Near Thomas
39 05/28/1954 1655 0.1 100 F1 0 0 McIntosh 3/4 NW Checotah
40 06/07/1954 2035 13 880 F1 0 0 Murray/ Garvin Near Davis - Near Wynnewood
41 06/12/1954 1550 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Payne 1.5 S - 0.25 E Stillwater
42 06/14/1954 1800 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Woods 12 N Waynoka
43 06/28/1954 1800 0.1 20 F1 0 0 Haskell 6 E Stigler
44 07/08/1954 1650 0.1 27 F0 0 0 Kiowa 10 NE Hobart
45 07/15/1954 0820 0.8 880 F1 0 0 Seminole 2 NW Seminole
46 07/23/1954 1645 0.3 440 F2 0 0 Coal 0.5 SE Centrahoma
47 07/23/1954 1845 0.2 100 F2 0 1 Payne Ripley
48 08/30/1954 1330 0.1 300 F1 0 0 Tillman 3 NE Frederick
49 08/30/1954 1400 9 440 F1 0 0 Hughes Near Calvin
50 09/07/1954 1500 5 200 F2 0 0 Pontotoc 3 SW Stonewall
51 09/20/1954 2000 5 10 F2 0 1 Bryan Durant
52 09/29/1954 1520 0.1 100 F2 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (SW 59th/Western)
53 10/25/1954 1830 8 10 F0 0 0 Ellis 7 S Fargo